Die Wache

{{short description|German police procedural television series}}

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| language = German

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| num_episodes = 245

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| runtime = 45 minutes

| company = Endemol{{cite web |title=Die Wache – Fighting Crime |url=https://www.rtl.de/cms/die-wache-im-kampf-gegen-das-verbrechen-4770538.html |website=RTL |date=2 June 2021 |language=de |access-date=29 January 2025}}

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1994|01|03|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2006|06|08|df=y}}

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Die Wache is a German weekly police procedural show that was broadcast from 1994 until 2006 by RTL Television.{{cite web |url=https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/65773/rtlplus_kramt_rtlpolizeiserie_die_wache_hervor/?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=&utm_term= |title=RTLplus Revives RTL Police Series "Die Wache" |publisher=DWDL |language=de |access-date=25 January 2025}} Set in a fictional police station in Cologne, it was modelled on the British series The Bill and described typical police episodes and investigations.{{cite web |title=Die Wache |url=http://www.fernsehlexikon.de/140/die-wache/ |website=Fernsehlexikon |language=de |access-date=29 January 2025}}

The entire series consisted of 245 episodes of 45 minutes during 12 seasons, between 3 January 1994 and 8 June 2006.{{cite web |title=The Watch (1994) |url=https://www.thetvdb.com/series/276664-show#general |website=TheTVDB |access-date=29 January 2025}}